Feeder and loader.



R. W HINDERLITER.

FEEDER AND LOADER. APPLICATION TILED JAN.21,1911.

Patented May 2, 1911.

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RICHARD HINDERLITER, F ELLINWOOD, KANSAS.

FEEDER AND LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1911.

Application filed January 21, 1911. Serial No. 603,887.

1'! b all whom it may concern:

fie it known that I, RICHARD W. llinnnnnrrns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellinwood, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas, have invented a new principally in connection with threshing machines, whereby the grain may be elevated and fed to the hopper of the thresher.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel form of extension hingedly connee-ted at one end of the feeder.

A further ob ect of the lnventlon is to provide means for holding the feeder, ex-

, tween the main body tension yieldably in various positions.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an elevator belt operable beextcnsion, This endless elev-ator'belt comprises chains havingtransversely arranged bars connected between them, for-moving the grain through the feeder.

A further feature of the invention is to provide angular plates arranged adjacent the joint between the extension and ,the main body of the feeder, under which the chains travel, in order to prevent their displacement.

This feeder may not only be used in connection with threshers, but may be utilized for feeding or loading wagons, lofts or the like as well. I

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the feeder, showing the improved hingedly connected extension. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the hingedly connected extension in a different position. Fig. 3 is a View in perspective, showing the upper rear end of the extension. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective, showing the lower forward end of the main body of the feeder. Fig. '5 is a view in perspective, showing on an enlarged scale the entire hingedly con nected'extension, and further illustrating the interior of the extension, and its connection of the feeder and the.

I with the rear end of the main body of the feeder. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a' portion of the extension, shownlg the angular plate 'under which one of the chains pass.

, In regard to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the wheels, upon which the feeder is supported, by virtue of the axle 2 and the brackets 3. The brackets 3 are secured to the main body of the feeder by the bolts 4, as shown in Figs. 1 and .2. The

'main body of the feeder comprises a trough shaped member 5. The sides of the trough shaped member are provided with a pair of extension boardsll and 7. The

boards 6 are secured to the sides of the trough 5 by the bars or plates 8, while the boards 7 are secured to the boards (3 by the plates 9. drawings the bottom of the trough is in the form of a frame 10, over which a sheet of As illustrated in Fig. i of the I galvanized iron 11 is arranged, thus provid-.

ing a smooth unobstructed surface, over which the carrier travels. t

Secured to the sides at the rear endof the trough 5 are the plates 12, which are formed with sockets 13. Receivable by the sockets are the standards 14, which terminate in eyes 15. The plates 12 are provided with short extensions at their upper right hand corners, as shown in Figs.1 and 2.

Extending dia onally across the plates 12 are the bars 1 there being bolts 18 for securing them in position. .The upper ends of the bars 17 and the extensions 16 are provided with registered apertures to re ccive the bolts 19, there being bars 20 pivoted upon said bolt. The bars 20 are bolted. or otherwise secured to the sides of the hiugedly' connect-ed extension trough 21.. Brace bars 22 are bolted or otherwise secured to the extension trough and at angles to the bars 20, with their lower ends bolted or otherwise secured to the bars'20. In Fig. 1, the coil springs 23 are connected to and between the ends of the bars 17 and 20, by virtue of the apert-uied members 2-1 and the bolts and nuts 25 and 26/ hen the spring.

23 is connected as shown in Fig. 1, the

tendency of the extension trough is to remain nut 25 and 26. When the spring is posi tioned, as shown in Fig. 2, the extension be held yieldably in an upper trough is held at a greater angle than that shown in Fig. 1, by virtue of the fact that the spring 23 is arranged upon theother side of the pivot or hinged Er'n'meetion between the extension trough and the main body of the feeder.

The extension trough is constructed similar to the main body' of the feedep, namely,

the bottom of the extension trough is in the form of a frame woi'k, consisting of the transversely arranged bars 29, and projecting upwardly from the frame work are the sides 30, to which the extension boards 31 and are connected. secured to the sides 30 by the bars 33, which also support the boards 32 in position. The frame forming the bottom of the extension trough is provided with a sheetof galvan-- ized iron 34, over which the carrier-also travels. The upper ends of the sides 30 of the extension trough are slotted, as shown in Fig. 3. Arranged transversely of the upper end of the extension trough, and in the slots 35 is the shaft 36, on each end portion of which a sprocket-1.37 is arranged. On one end of the shaft 36 beyond one of the sides 30 of the extension trough a. pulley 38 is mounted, to which means (not shown) may be connebt'ed or belted, for rotating the shaft 36.

.The carrier 39 comprises the endless sprocket chains 40, which travel over the sprockets 37 and the sprockets 41, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Connecting the chains 40 are the bars 42, which constitute the means for feeding the grain up the galvanized iron bottom of the main body of the feeder and extension trough. Upon the interior of the extension trough at its lower forward end and at the sides thereof angularplates are disposed. Under the angular plates 43 the sprocket chains 40 move, in order to holdthe carrier adjacent the bottom of the trough 5 and the extension trough, as shown in Fig. 5. Secured to the sides and the extension boards 6 and 7 of the main body of the feeder, as shown in Fig. 5, are sheets of galvanized iron 44, which extend over the "up or space between the main body of the ieeder and the extension trough, in order to prevent the rain from falling through the sides of the i eeder.

' The lower forward ended the main body of the feeder are provided with-slotted portions 45, thus constituting guides for the, sliding blocks 46, in which the shaft 47 is journaled. The sprockets 41 are carried by the shaft 47, as shown in Fig. 4. ,Swiveled to the blocks 46 as at 48 are the serews 49,

The boards 31 are aoosva which are extended through the angled ends 50 of the plates 51, and on their ends nuts 52 are applied. By the nuts 52, the tension of the springs 53 (which are arranged between the angled ends'50 and the said nuts) may be governed. By the arran ement of the sliding blocks, the screws 49, t e sprin and the nuts 52, the carrier is held yiel ably in position. For example if the carrier becomes stuck, or is feeding a heavy load of grain through the trough, the springs will yield, until the strain upon the carrier is relieved.

From the foregoing, it is clearly evident that a novel form of apparatus for feeding threshing machines, or loading wagons, lofts or the like, has been devised, and one which has been found to be practical in its construction and operation.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a feeding apparatus, a main trough body having plates secured to the sides at one end thereof, said plates having extensions, bars secured diagonally across the plates with their ends in registration with the extension of the plates, an extension trough having bars arranged diagonally thereof, with their ends pivoted between the first bars and the extensions of the said plates, braces for the second bars, and springs connected between the first and sec- 0nd bars for holding the extension troughs yieldably in .difierent positions.

2. In a fegiding apparatus, a main troughbody having plates secured to the sides at one end thereof, said lates having extensions, bars secured diagonally across the plates with their ends in registration with the extension of the plates, an extension trough having bars arranged diagonally thereof, with their ends pivoted between the first bars and the extensions of the said plates, braces for theseoond' bars, said plates aving sockets, standards receivable in the sockets, and sprin 's oonnectable between one end of the seooiid' hars and the standards, or between one end of the second bars and one and of the'first'bars, so as to arrange the springs on either side qt the hinged connection, whereby the extension trough may be held yieldably in different positions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin 'witnesses.

Biennial) w. HINDERLITER. Witnesses:

GnoLW. Manama, Gusrav MIIJJES. 

